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The Hill Station
J.G. Farrell
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Description for The Hill Station
Paperback.
'From the wide veranda you stepped out on to an acre of lawn, as smooth as glass; from the lawn you stepped on to nothing but fresh air.'
A summer of the 1870s, the Himalayan resort of Simla, in colonial India. To the cool of the hills comes a reluctant Dr McNab, with his wife and young niece. For Emily, romance is in the air. For the mysterious Mrs Forester, there is scandal brewing. And for the Bishop of Simla, rain clouds are not the only storms on the horizon.
The Hill Station is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474613958
SKU
9781474613958
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About J.G. Farrell
J.G. Farrell was born in Liverpool in 1935 and spent a good deal of his life abroad, including periods in France and North America, and then settled in London where he wrote most of his novels. Among his novels, TROUBLES won the Faber Memorial Prize in 1970 and the Lost Man Booker prize in 2010 and THE SIEGE OF ... Read more
Reviews for The Hill Station
One of the most outstanding novelists of his generation
SPECTATOR
Remarkable, captivating from page one
EVENING STANDARD
Completely fresh, fully imagined, truthful in spirit
SUNDAY TIMES
Mr Farrell is an eccentric and highly gifted writer
THE TIMES
SPECTATOR
Remarkable, captivating from page one
EVENING STANDARD
Completely fresh, fully imagined, truthful in spirit
SUNDAY TIMES
Mr Farrell is an eccentric and highly gifted writer
THE TIMES